53 vs 47 percent was a number i googled a few days ago. Can’t locate it at the moment. But i did some research and found out that it’s worse. 86% of our dept are owned outside the US.
Total dept is 14 trillions [1].
External dept is 12 trillions [2].
[1] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=federal+debt+USA
[2] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=External+debt+USA